Good news is real, and so is the toll of a bleak feed. Here we write about doomscrolling, negativity in the media, and how to stay informed in a way that leaves you better than it found you.
Yes, and here are the options. How good news apps differ from filtering, why you cannot strip negative stories out of Apple News, and how to pick the right one.
Yes, and you do not have to become uninformed to do it. An honest answer to the guilt, what actually changes when you stop, and the middle path most people land on.
What actually exists if you are done with political coverage, why no feed is truly apolitical, and how to tell whether it was the topic or the tone that exhausted you.
If you cannot watch the news since your baby arrived, you are not broken. Why it lands differently now, what helps at 3am, and when it is worth talking to someone.
If your mom or dad has cable news on all day and it is making them anxious or angry, here is what actually helps, and how to set up something better on their behalf.
How many people avoid the news, why, and what they say they want instead. Sourced figures from the Reuters Institute, Pew, and the APA, updated as new studies land.
Definitions for doomscrolling, negativity bias, news avoidance, headline stress, mean world syndrome, constructive journalism, and the rest of the vocabulary.
Doomscrolling floods your brain with bad news and quietly raises your baseline anxiety. Here are nine practical, realistic ways to break the loop without going off the grid.
It is not your imagination. The news skews dark for two reasons: how your brain is wired, and how the attention economy is built. Here is what is really going on, and what to do about it.
Seven positive news apps for iPhone compared, from calm curated feeds to solutions journalism to swipe-through browsing, so you can find the right one for you.
It feels like everything is getting worse, but much of the data says otherwise. What the numbers show about poverty, child mortality, and progress, and why it is so easy to miss.
You do not have to choose between doomscrolling and burying your head. How to stay informed without the anxiety, using a calmer, more deliberate news diet.
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Where to find good news online. Ten of the best positive news sources, what each does well, and the easiest way to read them all in one place.
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